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help meal planning from my stores....
i was hoping if i popped up a list of my freezer/cupboard contents maybe someone would kindly suggest some meals please? happy to get more fresh bits/meat as i still have my monthly grocery budget. i'm hoping using up my stores will help get rid of some stores and help with my meal planning. freezer: 1 portion hm curry…
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Best non-stick pans for bread
I'm starting to make my own bread again, using a bread maker to beat the dough and then plonking them in bread tins to finish in the oven. But, i have a number of bread tins of varying ages and no matter how well I seem to grease and flour the tins the bread still sticks. So irritating, particularly as some of the tins…
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Old Style Daily Thread Thursday 13th March
This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome, please do come in, put your feet…
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Delia online cookery school (i.e. how to cook meets you tube)
(all the experienced cooks please hit the back button , this is really basic stuff... ;) ) I discovered Delia's video lessons a few weeks ago, and I found them really handy for those dishes and techniques I'm not familiar with (I might even try making a souffle...). It's been very handy for baking, where you need to see…
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Removing oil mark from pan
I moved house recently and my mum bought me a lovely steel frying pan. I am still getting used to the cooker so I left the pan on the heat for a little too long and it has a nasty brown mark in the middle that regular cleaning with a sponger scrubber won't remove. I tried soaking it in water, boiling some water with some…
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overwhelmed
I'm feeling so overwhelmed with everything at the mo. my house is clean but I have so much stuff I'm constantly struggling to keep tidy. Its toys clothes paperwork groceries. I work part time and have two young children and feel like I go round in circles. I try to meal plan for end up buying more groceries - my freezer…
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Old style daily Wednesday 12 th March
Old Style Daily Thread Saturday 8th March This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s…
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O/S Daily Tuesday 11th March 2014
Old style daily Tuesday 11th March This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome,…
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Fly Spray
Two days into spring and the flies are up, about, and buzzing around driving me crazy! I had some Raid left over from last year, so I sprayed, then I sprayed, then I sprayed some more and the little blighters wouldn't die! I thought maybe my tin of Raid was out of date, so I got some more today and this tin is just as…
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Make a big Chocolate Crispy Cake to cut into without it flying everywhere
I wonder if you can help. My son has requested a giant Chocolate Crispy Cake for his birthday cake. When I make the small Crispy cakes at home I just melt chocolate and stir in the rice crispies. I wonder if anyone has a recipe that I can follow to make a giant crispy cake. I plan to put it in a pyrex dish to set and then…
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recipes for the baking-impaired?
I've spent nearly 4 decades with the gifted-bakers amongst my friends and family trying to teach/oversee/watching like a hawk whilst I follow their exact instructions and eventually throwing up their hands in despair stating they have no idea what I am doing wrong/different - but I cannot bake anything that requires any…
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Do you have pudding after dinner every day?
In our house, I provide a pudding or dessert each evening after our main meal. I have just been chatting with friends and it would seem that this is unusual in our group. How many of you also have dessert each evening and what type of things do you have? I am a keen baker so we have lots of cakes, cookies and muffins.
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cheese sauce question please
i want to make a cheese sauce half with milk half cream i would like to know if i can then freeze what i have left over or will the cream split ? thank you all in advance :A
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How to remove the smoke smell from a faux leather sofa
We have been lucky enough to buy a 2nd hand faux leather black sofa. We have cleaned it with spray on liquid leather cleaner, however the smell of smoke which for some reason we didn't notice in the first place is still overbearing. It really does smell badly of it. Can anyone please suggest anything that may remove the…
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any receipes for Rhubard and apple juice?
My daughter had rhubarb and apple juice with her breakfast this morning (very long story) but on looking it up I think it is made by Caxtons. I wondered if it was possible to make some rhubard and apple juice at home but I've not been able to google any suitable recipes - using UK measurements and not US. I wondered if…
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Old style daily Monday 10th March
This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome, please do come in, put your feet…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 10th March 2014
Sticking with the new style lists for another week, each day will give you some basic flying, some deep cleaning choices and some decluttering choices. As ever feel free to pick and mix what needs doing for you according to your ability and time. ................................ Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread. If you…
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Pizza Stone Help!
I've been coveting a pizza stone for ages as I've heard they make the best, crispiest pizzas, and we made our own often. I finally purchased a couple in Home Bargains a couple of weeks ago for £3.99 each, a bargain I thought. Tried one out at first with a frozen pizza which had deforsted during the day (done this before…
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Washing Up
I know this may sound strange. But at 41 years of age, I am struggling to get clean washing up. I make sure the washing up bowl is clean and the water is as hot qs my hands can stand. I often use a new sponge and use just a squirt of washing up liquid. But it still comes out greasy and dirty. I think it might just be me.…
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Suggestions for cheap/ filling meals for teenager sons who never fill up!
Hi after some suggestions please - I've got 2 bottomless pits of teenage sons both of whom just never fill up. I've just gone back to work so am out of the house up to 11 hours a day sometimes so cannot monitor what they eat whilst I'm out - problem is they don't like to take the time to prepare something so it has to be…
